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No. 245,044. Patented Aug. 2,1881.

I v Attorneys v zen of the United States, burg, in the county of St. Lawrence and State UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BADLAM, OF OGDENSBURG, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID E. SOUTHWIOK AND ADALINE L. BADLAM, BOTH 0F SAME PLACE.

SPOKE-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,044, dated August 2, 1881. Application filed April 28, 1881. (Model) T0 all whom it may concern -Be it known that I, EDWARD BADLAM, a citiresiding at Ogdensof New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Spoke-Sockets for the Wheels for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe drawings hereto annexed, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a side view of so much of a vehicle-wheel as is necessary to illustrate'myimprovement." Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section through line as a: in Fig. 2.

Fig. at is a detail view of the rubber sleeve or thimble detached; and Fig. 5 is a similar view of the centrally perforated circular rubber washer.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to the means for attaching the spokes to the fellies of acarriagewheel; and it consists in an improved construction and combination of parts of the'spokesocket and telly-clasp, as hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A represents a portion of one of the fellies of a carriage-wheel, and B one of the spokes. That part of the spoke which is inserted into the socket 0 is made slightly tapering, as shown at l), the taper terminating in a shoulder, c,

from which the cylindrical tenon a projects down through the thimble D of the socketinto the felly, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

The spoke-socket O is made of cast-iron or other suitable metal, with projecting wings O, which are curved to fit overv the felly into which the socket is inserted. The inside upper part of the socket is made with tapering or inclined walls to fit the corresponding shape of the spoke which it receives, a rubber sleeve or thimble, E, being slipped over the tapering end of the spoke, so .as to form a water-tight elastic packing between the spoke and its socket; The annular shoulder a of the spoke impinges upon the offset or shoulder c of the socket, without any rubber between them. The under side of the socket is cast with a downward-projecting thimble, D, cylindrical inside, but tapering down outside, so as to form a sharp rim or feather-edge, d, at its lower end. The cylindrical spoke tenon a is inserted through this thimble and down through a hole bored in the felly, a wedge, G, being inserted into its lower end, flush with the exterior rim of the felly. F is a circular rubber disk or washer, which has a central openin g, f. This washer is placed over the telly and the tapering thimble D inserted through the aperture or openingf, so that, it will form a water-tight elastic packing between the socket-wings O and top or arch of the felly A, as clearly shown in Fig.3 of the drawings. Thetapering thim- 7o ble D of the socket O 0 forms a wedge, which operates to wedge the inner arched rim of the telly firmly between itself and the curved lips or sidewings, G, of the socket, and it further serves as a brace or re-enforcing sleeve for the tenon a of the spoke, which is inserted 'through it. a

The rubber thimble E and washer F will effectually prevent the ingress of water into both the upper and under part of the socket, 8o besides providing for a perfect fit of the spoke and felly in the socket and clasp, irrespective of inequalities in the inside surfaces of the latter caused by the casting.

Having thus described my improvement, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States .The combination, in a vehicle-wheel, of the tapering and tenoned spoke B, shouldered at 0, felly A, bored through to receive the tenon a of the spoke, socket 0, cast with the wings O, and tapering thimble D, elastic packings E and F, and wedge G, all constructed and combined substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and specified.

EDWARD BADLAM.

Witnesses D. H. WHITE, L. D. RALPH. 

